Author: Sharada Rath
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880181
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The chief concern of this book is the role of elites and citizens as prime movers of rural development in india. Elites encompass social elites, political elites and goverment field officials in rural areas.
Role of Elites and Citizens in Rural Development of India
Author: Sharada Rath
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880181
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The chief concern of this book is the role of elites and citizens as prime movers of rural development in india. Elites encompass social elites, political elites and goverment field officials in rural areas.
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880181
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The chief concern of this book is the role of elites and citizens as prime movers of rural development in india. Elites encompass social elites, political elites and goverment field officials in rural areas.
Democratic Dynasties
Author: Kanchan Chandra
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131659212X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Dynastic politics, usually presumed to be the antithesis of democracy, is a routine aspect of politics in many modern democracies. This book introduces a new theoretical perspective on dynasticism in democracies, using original data on twenty-first-century Indian parliaments. It argues that the roots of dynastic politics lie at least in part in modern democratic institutions - states and parties - which give political families a leg-up in the electoral process. It also proposes a rethinking of the view that dynastic politics is a violation of democracy, showing that it can also reinforce some aspects of democracy while violating others. Finally, this book suggests that both reinforcement and violation are the products, not of some property intrinsic to political dynasties, but of the institutional environment from which those dynasties emerge.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131659212X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Dynastic politics, usually presumed to be the antithesis of democracy, is a routine aspect of politics in many modern democracies. This book introduces a new theoretical perspective on dynasticism in democracies, using original data on twenty-first-century Indian parliaments. It argues that the roots of dynastic politics lie at least in part in modern democratic institutions - states and parties - which give political families a leg-up in the electoral process. It also proposes a rethinking of the view that dynastic politics is a violation of democracy, showing that it can also reinforce some aspects of democracy while violating others. Finally, this book suggests that both reinforcement and violation are the products, not of some property intrinsic to political dynasties, but of the institutional environment from which those dynasties emerge.
The Success of India's Democracy
Author: Atul Kohli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Leading scholars consider how democracy has taken root in India despite poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Leading scholars consider how democracy has taken root in India despite poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity.
Oral Democracy
Author: Paromita Sanyal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107019745
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Studies citizens' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies. This title is also available as Open Access.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107019745
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Studies citizens' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies. This title is also available as Open Access.
Elections and political dynamics
Author: A. Prafullokumar Singh
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183242790
Category : Manipur (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183242790
Category : Manipur (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Why Regional Parties?
Author: Adam Ziegfeld
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316539008
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. In Why Regional Parties?, Professor Adam Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities. He draws on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence from over eighteen months of field research to demonstrate that regional parties are, in actuality, successful because they represent expedient options for office-seeking politicians. By focusing on clientelism, coalition government, and state-level factional alignments, Ziegfeld explains why politicians in India find membership in a regional party appealing. He therefore accounts for the remarkable success of India's regional parties and, in doing so, outlines how party systems take root and evolve in democracies where patronage, vote buying, and machine politics are common.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316539008
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. In Why Regional Parties?, Professor Adam Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities. He draws on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence from over eighteen months of field research to demonstrate that regional parties are, in actuality, successful because they represent expedient options for office-seeking politicians. By focusing on clientelism, coalition government, and state-level factional alignments, Ziegfeld explains why politicians in India find membership in a regional party appealing. He therefore accounts for the remarkable success of India's regional parties and, in doing so, outlines how party systems take root and evolve in democracies where patronage, vote buying, and machine politics are common.
Elite Parties, Poor Voters
Author: Tariq Thachil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107070082
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107070082
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base.
The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India
Author: Aseema Sinha
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253344045
Category : Central-local government relations
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This look at economic development in India focuses on interactions between the central state and regional elites. India is widely regarded as a "failed" developmental state, seemingly the exception that belies the prediction of a triumphant Asian century.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253344045
Category : Central-local government relations
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This look at economic development in India focuses on interactions between the central state and regional elites. India is widely regarded as a "failed" developmental state, seemingly the exception that belies the prediction of a triumphant Asian century.
Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India
Author: Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783087498
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Over the past decade India has witnessed a number of land wars that have centred crucially on the often forcible transfer of land from small farmers or indigenous groups to private companies. Among these, the land war that erupted in Singur, West Bengal, in 2006, went on to make national headlines and become paradigmatic of many of the challenges and social conflicts that arise when a state-led policy of swiftly transferring land to private sector companies encounters resistance on the ground. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India analyses the movement by Singur’s so-called unwilling farmers to retain and reclaim their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the movement’s internal politics as well as on contentious issues rooted in everyday caste, class and gender relations.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783087498
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Over the past decade India has witnessed a number of land wars that have centred crucially on the often forcible transfer of land from small farmers or indigenous groups to private companies. Among these, the land war that erupted in Singur, West Bengal, in 2006, went on to make national headlines and become paradigmatic of many of the challenges and social conflicts that arise when a state-led policy of swiftly transferring land to private sector companies encounters resistance on the ground. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India analyses the movement by Singur’s so-called unwilling farmers to retain and reclaim their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the movement’s internal politics as well as on contentious issues rooted in everyday caste, class and gender relations.
Rural Elite and Elections in an Indian State
Author: Iqbal Narain
Publisher: New Delhi : National Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Analysis of the 1967 election.
Publisher: New Delhi : National Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Analysis of the 1967 election.